A small red-brick building stands out with its big neon light: ‘Bagni’ (‘Bath’). It’s the last public bath in Turin, a microcosm where the destinies of those who lack a bath at home here regularly come across each other for the time of a shower.

In this very space, both public and private, men and women, customers and keepers, old and young, Italians and foreigners, share their intimacy associated by their shared need of taking care of their personal hygiene.

In the bath of Bianzè Street life takes place in the form of shared secrets and unpredictable encounters turning into friendships; and yet in the form of conflicts due to poverty’s powerlessness turning into anger.

The ‘Bath people’ drive us through a place where the acts of sharing and listening lay the foundations of a new multi-colored community, consolation for the poor and potential start of their renaissance.